Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This reference center with 7,410 posts is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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Floyd B. McKissick (1922-1991)
Marion Stokes
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Marion Marguerite Butler Stokes (1929-2012)
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Richard D. Parsons (1948- )
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Gloria Twine Chisum (1930- )

Explore Global African History

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Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (1881- )
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Samora Moises Machel (1933-1986)
Malou Hansson, Miss Sweden
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Malou Mercedes Hansson (1983- )
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Christiane Taubira (Taubira-Delannon, Christiane) (1952- )

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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A Marxist Scholar Analyzes the American Legal System
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Titanic’s Black Passenger: Creating Historical Fiction From Historical Fact
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Fort Worth, Texas, Where the West and the South Meet: A Brief History of the City’s African American Community, 1849-2012
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The Quest for Land and Freedom on Canada’s Western Prairies: Black Oklahomans in Alberta and Saskatchewan, 1905-1912

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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